Jeremy Rifkin

Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#analysis #any #brussels #difference #does

It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and there's no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#defies #everything #here #life #life science

Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#genetically #i #knows #many #modified

A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving across boundaries. That's absurd. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#across #boundaries #flowing #genes #idea

Here we are 17 years later. Those agencies never did come through. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#come #did #here #later #never

I know quite a few farmers all over the United States who have tried this and have said the opposite, that they have to use more herbicides, not less. The same holds true with BT. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#few #herbicides #holds #i #know

If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can spray your herbicides and kill the weeds; you won't kill your corn because it's producing a gene that makes it tolerant of the herbicide. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#corn #gene #herbicides #kill #makes

In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn't have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#country #cultural #culture #deep #dimension

One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#history #i #last #learned #make

Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#back #bacteria #case #crops #first